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I find it appalling and highly offensive for celebrity athletes to show their political preferences by “taking a knee” or sitting during the display of the colors or the playing of the National Anthem. It’s not the expression of t...

The following is a conversation I had with a friend as food for thought, and knowing nothing is wasted on the intelligent who recognize it when they see it. If only one person is kept from falling into the pit of idiocy, that is one less for the hospi...

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Letters

I’d previously written about three groups of folks who currently oppose the Vallejo Marine Terminal/Orcem project: The multi-use proponents, the historical saviors and the NIMBYs. I was going to include this next group among them, but, because they live within shouting distance of either the mill site or the routes used by Vallejo Marine Terminal and Orcem Vallejo, this group will be physically impacted, so they belong in a different category. These are folks who don’t...

|on 09/24/2017

Letters

Like many others, I was taught in school that three separate but equal branches — Executive, Legislative and Judicial — run the United States government. They were each to have equal power, proving checks and balances that maintain our democracy. In reality, we all live under a form of government known as a Krytocracy — in which the Judicial Branch has supreme power over every decision made in this country. Without exception, each decision or law enacted by the...

|on 09/22/2017

Letters

Allowing the Orcem green cement factory to operate on Vallejo’s waterfront at the former General Mills site would interfere with more profitable alternatives for developing the waterfront and bringing new business to Mare Island. The best plan for Vallejo would be to develop the waterfront and adjoining land as a tourist destination with a hotel and restaurants as the center of a new commercial district along the waterfront. Vallejo’s proximity to Napa wine country,...

|on 09/22/2017

Letters

It looks as if California is on the verge of becoming a “Sanctuary State.” But what does that mean? Historically, a sanctuary is a sacred place or safe haven, usually a church or other consecrated space dedicated to housing holy things or people. In some churches, the sanctuary is an area immediately surrounding an altar, while in others it refers to the general area of worship in an edifice. All well and good in this context. However, these...

|on 09/22/2017

Guest Opinions

WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, the president of the United States retweeted to his 38 million Twitter followers a video clip doctored to show him driving a golf ball off the tee and between the shoulder blades of Hillary Clinton — “CrookedHillary” in the tweet — knocking the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee to the ground. Eighty-four thousand people “liked” this violent takedown of Trump’s former...

|on 09/22/2017

My Turn

Today, September 21, 2017, marks three years since my son, Robby, was taken from us in a senseless act of gun violence. Our family marked the first anniversary of his death by having a ceremony at his favorite beach in Hawaii. The somber sound of a conch shell began the ritual, during which each of us — cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers and sister — snapped our leis and scattered the plumerias into the transparent, turquoise waters. The setting was beautiful. The pain,...

|5 days ago

Letters

Kittens, kittens, kittens — they just keep coming. Spay/neuter is the solution, but getting people to spay/neuter is the hard part. We, Solano County Friends of Animals, are here to help. We offer low-cost services. We can guide people to programs. But still the kittens keep coming. Yes, they are adorable. But they grow up and every one of them need a home. They need care until we can find a forever home. How can I help you ask? Well here are some answers: • Give a...

|on 09/21/2017

Letters

Those who are all for Orcem talk about the money that will save Vallejo, but they never say how it will help Vallejo. Letter writer Michael J. Haworth, who is all for this, saying it is all green and so on, states that millions of dollars will come into Vallejo each year. He also claims to be part of the Sierra Club, which is outright against this. The Sierra Club states that this is bad news for the people who live in south Vallejo. I have yet to see any signs saying...

Letters

Studies and statistics address the loss of families and their central role and value. The last half century has seen community, neighborhood, civic organizations, fraternal orders and communal aid societies crumbling. We live in an era raging against two core institutions that provide meaning and security to human societies — the family and religion. Politicians give lip service to both but support neither. Missing are strong parents who provide children an ethical and moral...